Foundations of Freedom

Terms of Art

Dictionaries

 American Dictionary of the English Language: Noah Webster 1828 (a.k.a. sovereign‘s dictionary) was published in 1828 before ―terms of art‖ became widely used in laws, statutes and codes.  Black‘s Law Dictionary , first published in 1890 and now in its ninth edition, reveals the increasing dependence of the legal profession on specialized terms. With each new edition, the editors hide more of their sources, making the study of law trickier and less certain.

 ― Term ‖ – A word or phrase; an expression; particularly one which possesses a fixed and known meaning in some science, art, or profession.

Black‟s Law Dictionary Sixth Edition

This means that the lawyers have their own language that masquerades as common English!